This daring production, directed by Holly Robison, opened at After-Words Bookstore during Banned Books Week with a poignant reminder that the fight for social justice continues….The production’s commitment to historical storytelling, combined with the bookstore setting, makes Alabama Story a compelling and evocative piece of theater. -Chicago Reader
Director Holly Robison nimbly weaves these two tales together, with two scenes sometimes performed simultaneously, to form a picture that is equally hopeful and trepidatious. -Newcity Stage
The play is smoothly directed by Robison, who uses the bookstore event space smartly to change scenes and move characters in and out. -Third Coast Review
A site-specific production, with minimalist set and tech, performed at two local booksellers. Inspired by real events, the play is an examination of censorship, book bans, and Civil Rights in 1959 America that is startlingly relevant today.
Photo & graphic credit: Maria Burnham.
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